@anisahsheikh Even experienced makers still find there are new things to learn

Wow, wow and some more wow Koen. Great skills, and a beautiful instrument that you're building.

@koendb Fantastic work, it’s great to see someone using hand tools and not doing everything by machine.

Impressive carving skills @koendb. Especially on the wee flower ends. 🙂🎸🎶🙏

Another busy day, did my belly and leg carve with handtools and then routed the pickup cavities Attachment : 20230401_174450-01.jpeg Attachment : 20230401_174411-01.jpeg Attachment ...

I use firefox on pc, the captcha thing is annoying but so far I've always got in. Occasionally I've had to do it a few times for some reason. The worst part is the quality of the images, they're reall...

@koendb Very impressive work. 👍 Looking forward to see the end result.

@koendb Very nice work Koen, you are becoming quite the craftsman. 🙌

@koendb Here is what I do and I don’t have any problems. First I select the “Remember me” box Then I do the Captcha thing Then I fill in my Username Then my Password Then select “Sign in” This works...

@koendb Proper good stuff mate. The real deal. Keep going man. 👍

Really nice work @koendb. 🎸🙂🎶🙏

Proper, proper skills. 👍

My experience is that a lot of the finish is in the prep, and don't worry if it looks crap along the way - the intermediate stages often look a bit dodgy but it comes good in the end.

@rocknroller912 sort of, eventually lol. Learnt a lot though and next time it'l be flawless first go! 🤣

@nsj Staining worked out ok

@nsj Looking good.

@nsj Wow, that turned out very nice with the finish on.

@nsj Staining often doesn’t always look good on the first coat. Sometimes you have to rub down and apply more. Repeat until you get an even stain. One trick is to make a solution of gelatine and warm...

First coating of hard wax oil is now on, got to leave it till tomorrow to add more. It's a satin clear. I'm going to be using wax over the top to create more sheen. I suspect I might not have used eno...

@tv101 yeh it's an awkward shade of wood to stain but I think I'm getting there lol